Despite the many environmental benefits of organic farming—it’s better for soil, water, air, and climate change—it’s often written off as economically unfeasible for farmers. That’s largely because the same patch of land will produce less food when farmed without the synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and other tools used in conventional agriculture.
McDonald’s today (June 9) announced two major hires: Robert Gibbs, former press secretary to US president Barack Obama, will become the fast-food company’s new global chief communications officer, and Silvia Lagnado, previously of Bacardi Limited and the woman behind Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty,” was named global chief marketing officer.
Considering how few people keep kosher in the US—Jews make up less than 2% of the American population, and only a portion of them follow Jewish dietary laws—it’s fairly astounding that more than 40% of the country’s new packaged food and beverage products in 2014 are labeled as being kosher. That makes it the top label claim on food and beverages, according to market research firm Mintel, beating out the ever-present “gluten-free” label and even allergen claims.
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When food advocates talk about “eating local,” the usual response is that it’s just not possible. Urban centers can’t support their own populations, the conventional wisdom goes, and so “locavorism” could never go mainstream.
The changes to American fast-food menus keep coming.
Nestlé Purina Petcare Co. last year sued pet food upstart Blue Buffalo for what it called a “pattern of false and deceptive advertising” by targeting “ingredient-conscious pet owners” with claims that its food had “NO Chicken/Poultry By-Product Meals.” The food, according to Purina, actually contained “significant amounts” of those very ingredients.
Big news for Chicago Taco Bell fans: Booze is on the way.
In case you’ve been feeling that Google isn’t already deeply enough embedded into your daily life, the company has unveiled a way that might allow you to use it with every meal you consume.
Kansas City just got a little more exciting.
If you thought caffeine-laden energy drinks were just for basketball players, monster truck drivers, and video gamers, you’d be forgiven. Judging by commercials, they seem like the primary consumers.
India’s biggest coffee chain may get even bigger.
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Summer is the season of bathing suits, beaches and, obviously, serious barbecue. And where to get your best barbecue recipes? Pinterest, of course.
Fast-food chains are trying really hard to win over more customers.
Maybe the company just got sick of reporting bad news.
Following in the footsteps of competitors like Panera Bread Company, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Subway, two of Yum! Brands’ flagship fast-food chains, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, have announced the removal of a number of controversial ingredients from some of their menu items.
For vegans, the lactose intolerant, and anyone else who foregoes dairy, chocolate bars can be a treat fraught with questions. Even dark chocolate bars have lines like, “may contain milk” or the more cryptic “may contain traces of milk” (emphasis mine).
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If it seems like there’s a new IPA every time you go to the supermarket, you’re not imagining things: Sales of India pale ales are out of control, even by craft beer’s already astounding growth standards.
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It’s a fact: New York has the world’s best bagels.
Few foods inspire such visceral debate as foie gras, the fatty duck or goose liver that’s prized by foodies but hated by animal advocates because it’s often produced by force-feeding the birds until their livers become enlarged.
